Watch Dogs Xbox 360

Released on 22-Nov-2013

• Ubisoft's stealth action epic Watch Dogs wows E3

  It's hard to be surprised these days, when the internet pounces on every rumour and tracks every fact for years before a game reaches the shelves, so kudos to Ubisoft for catching the entire games industry off-guard with Watch Dogs, an absolutely stunning looking new game that came completely out of the blue when it debuted at E3 on Tuesday.

  Set in the near future, the game casts you as Aiden Pierce, a man who is tapped into the electronic heart of the city. "I see the digital shadow you cast," he growls in the impressive trailer which debuted in LA. During a live gameplay demonstration, the audience watched as Pierce infiltrated an art gallery opening, using his tech skills to disrupt security communications, identify members of the crowd and hack into phone conversations.

  Things get more physical when he goes outside and hacks the traffic signals to cause a pile up, trapping his target in amongst the wrecks. There's some cover-based shooting, and then he makes his getaway from the police by hacking a bridge over the river, raising it as he jumps to safety in a stolen sports car.

  "Watch Dogs goes beyond the limits of today's open-world games by giving players the ability to control an entire city," creative director Jonathan Morin told the E3 masses. "In Watch Dogs, anything connected to the city's Central Operating System becomes a weapon. By pushing the boundaries, we can provide players with action and access to information on a scale that's never been seen in a video game before."

  It's astonishing, exhilarating stuff, brought to life with some of the best graphics ever seen. The attention to detail is incredible, as is the lifelike animation of the characters. The game has been put together by veterans of Ubisoft's top franchises - Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Rainbow Six - and it shows.

  The release date for Watch Dogs is top secret, but Ubisoft has confirmed it'll be available on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

• Editor's Choice - Best of E3 2012

  
  

  

  Best of E3 2012

  Alas, there weren't any signs of the next-gen Xbox or PlayStation at this year's E3 - but fret not because there was still plenty on show to tempt us into spending yet more hours hunched in front of our tellies, causing pile-ups, roasting Redcoats and possessing, erm, murderous rodents:

  

  Watch Dogs

  What's It On? PC, Xbox 360 & PS3
  None of us were expecting it so we shouldn't have been surprised when Ubisoft's new IP duly brought the roof down at E3 with a 10-minute gameplay walkthrough of its astonishing third-person open world game. Players stalk the streets, able to manipulate and hack into all things 'connected' - from traffic lights and surveillance cameras to the personal details of city residents - with the aim of taking down the bad guys (whoever they may be...). With gorgeous graphics, incredible detailing and some genuinely original gameplay, this looks like a grown-up cyberpunk action thriller to die for.
  When's It Out? 2013

  Quick Mention: Xbox 360-exclusive Forza Horizon promises open-world racing mated to the outstanding physics and handling of the world-class racing series.

  

  Dishonored

  What's It On? PC, Xbox 360 & PS3
  This game's fresh, original setting sees you taking on the role of a betrayed assassin in a striking steampunk world. Labelling it as a 'stealth-based first-person shooter' doesn't quite cover it though because the amazing variety of tools and ways of offing the enemy is like nothing you've quite seen before. From possessing rats to stopping time and teleporting, the imaginative scope of Dishonored's gameplay means a title stinking rich with nefarious ways to murder and maim.
  When's It Out? 12th October

  Quick Mention: Go mental on a tropical island in the first-person sequel, Far Cry 3, whose trailer raised eyebrows at E3 because of its explosive, violent and explicit content. But based on the series' previous form, we know this latest entry will have the gaming chops to back up the sensationalism... fingers crossed.

  

  Assassin's Creed III

  What's It On? PC, Xbox 360 & PS3
  Out goes moody Ezio and in slips, err, moody Connor, a Native American with a mission to rip the scalps off the British army and Templars infesting the 18th Century US frontier. What this means for fans of the series is a distinct change in location and action with our killer hunting wildlife, slicing up wolves, leaping from tree to tree (as well as buildings) and clambering up cliff faces to toast enemy bases. Incredibly, the action demoed at E3 looked even more fluid than in previous franchise outings, and with its new setting, mechanics and hero, Assassin's Creed III could well be the best entry yet.
  When's It Out? October

  Quick Mention: Naughty Dog's post-apocalyptic thriller, The Last Of Us for the PS3 continues to show huge promise, boasting fantastic visuals and story-lead gameplay that features some seriously brutal action.

  Don't worry, Nintendo fans, we haven't forgotten you! We'll be focusing on the Nintendo Wii U games revealed at E3 next week.

  Published: 14/06/2012

• Watch Dogs - Preview

  
  

  Introducing Ubisoft's mind-blowing cybercrime adventure.

  

  It was a relatively quiet year at the annual E3 gaming show in Los Angeles last month, with publishers wheeling out a conservative array of sequels and annual updates to their established brands. However, one entirely new title stood out head and shoulders above the competition for both its impressive ambition in gameplay and gob-smacking visual prowess: Watch Dogs, from Assassin's Creed developer Ubisoft Montreal.

  The game is set in a near-future Chicago, where every aspect of life has been incorporated into a massive all-encompassing digital network by snooping mega-corporations. Every imaginable scrap of information about a person is stored on the grid, as is every city system - from traffic lights to mobile phone networks.

  

  Live Aidan

  You play as a mysterious figure called Aidan Pearce who's somehow managed to hack into the network and intends to use his new-found power over Chicago as a means to take down his enemies. Yes, Watch Dogs essentially asks you to use an entire city as your weapon.

  So, an example. In one sequence Pearce is attempting to gain access to an invitation-only gallery opening to track down and eliminate a crime boss called Demarco. Using a PDA device, he scrambles the mobile phone frequencies causing the bouncer on the door to wander off in search of better reception, allowing him to wander in unchecked. Once inside, he digitally scans everyone in the room to pinpoint one of his target's minions, and then hacks into her phone conversation with Demarco to find out exactly where he is.

  As it turns out, he's on his way to the building in his car. So Pearce races outside, finds a suitable vantage point and manipulates the traffic lights at a crossing to ensnare Demarco in a pile-up. A brief-but-visceral firefight ensues, Demarco is killed and Pearce jumps into his car and races off across the city chased by police. With a quick flash of that PDA, he raises a bridge across the Chicago River, halting his pursuers in their tracks.

  It's not hard to see the huge potential here. Ubisoft is promising countless different solutions to every mission and a massive city to explore. Every single person walking Chicago's streets can be scanned and their backstory read, providing an impressively freewheeling second side to the gameplay. Should you chance upon an unsavoury character with a history of, say, violent domestic abuse, you're free to follow him, learn more about his life, and administer vigilante justice as you see fit.

  

  New Dog, New Tricks

  And there's a whole other string to Watch Dogs' bow too. An accompanying smartphone and tablet app offers a tantalising opportunity for asymmetric multiplayer. While one player attempts to complete a mission on the TV screen, another can either help or hinder by manipulating the city on a fully interactive 3D map displayed on the app. And on top of that, it will also provide a comprehensive stat-tracking and social networking service on the side.

  If all this wasn't enough to quicken the pulse, Watch Dogs has one more ace up its sleeve - it looks absolutely stunning. Admittedly, Ubisoft has only shown the game running on a high end PC, but the detail on offer in its visuals is remarkable. Pearce's trench coat billows elegantly in the winds, rain sweeps and swirls through the streets of Chicago, and gun combat is lit up with extravagant muzzle flare and ricocheting ammunition. Its developers are promising they'll squeeze this same fidelity into the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions by the time the game's ready for release late next year. That's a bold promise - we wish them luck.

  It's unusual to see ambition on this scale, this late into a hardware generation - publishers generally choose a new console launch to showcase their big ideas. Ubisoft's willingness to push the envelope at this stage of the game, while its competitors play it safe with incremental sequels, is very welcoming indeed. Here's hoping it can deliver on Watch Dogs' huge potential, rather than getting swamped by over-reaching ambition.

• Watch Dogs is 'ideal' for Wii U, says developer

  Watch Dogs is Ubisoft's new franchise for 2013, bursting onto the scene in a surprise announcement at last year's E3. In the open world adventure game, players take the role of Aiden Pearce and use his electronic gadgets to hack various aspects of the city in order to meet his objectives. In the demo released to announce the game last year, we saw him messing with traffic signals to create a pile up that would stop a target from escaping. Cool stuff.

  Watch Dogs is currently slated for release on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PC, but the development team is currently investigating the Wii U and they like what they see.

  "The connectivity between players with mobile devices, the way you can control the city, the immersion, all those are core and on any platforms we're going to ship on we're going to make sure we nail those pillars down," producer Dominic Guay said in an interview with aptly named lifestyle site DigitalSpy.

  "We're still investigating how we'll use the tablet on the Wii U, but with the things I mentioned before, for us it's not going to be a weird stretch. It's natural. It's not a weird abstraction, it's not like I'm a space alien and now I'm using a tablet... Aiden Pearce is using a device to control the city, so it's quite easy to imagine what we could do with that."

  Watch Dogs, or WATCH_DOGS to use its correct typographical title, is aiming for a release later this year.

  Published: 26/02/2013

• Watch Dogs coming to Wii U, Ubisoft confirms

  Watch_Dogs, Ubisoft's hotly tipped cyberpunk hacking adventure, will be coming to Wii U as well as the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC and next generation consoles, the publisher has confirmed. The news follows Ubisoft's announcement that its Wii U exclusive, Rayman Legends, would be delayed until September and would launch on Xbox and PlayStation at the same time.

  Ubisoft's Montreal studio was lavished with support after Watch_Dogs caught the industry imaginations during last year's E3. The French publisher had kept the game under wraps until its reveal during the company's press conference, and news of the stunning looking new title quickly spread.

  "E3 was a great revelation for Watch_Dogs," Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot has told trade magazine MCV. "It gave us a chance to increase the whole project, giving the studio the chance to have bigger teams to help them achieve this goal they have. You always have great ideas, but you need enough people to bring it to life. After E3, we really made sure they had all the teams they needed and all the capacity they wanted to fulfil their dream."

  "There's good potential for success," he added, understating the situation quite magnificently.

  Watch_Dogs is planned for release later this year.

  Published: 04/03/2013

• Watch Dogs release date and special editions confirmed

  Ubisoft's open world hack-based action game Watch Dogs will arrive in the UK on November 22nd, the publisher has announced. It'll be available on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U and PC. The game will also be available for the launch of PlayStation 4, and "other next generation consoles" which is a not-so-subtle way of saying "new Xbox".

  The game finds you playing as Aiden Pearce, a fugitive with a knack for data hacking. As you fight to clear your name, you'll be able to interfere with everything from bank databases to traffic signals to meet your objectives. You'll also be able to view the world via an augmented reality overlay that tips you off with information about the characters you meet.

  As with other Ubisoft titles, there'll be a range of special versions of the game to choose from. The UK Special Edition, exclusive to GAME, offers the Breakthrough Pack which includes bonus mission and a perk that lowers the cost of in-game cars and even makes some of them free.

  Next up the fancypants scale is the Vigilante Edition, also exclusive to GAME. This comes with a baseball cap and mask, modelled on Aiden's outfit from the game, a copy of the soundtrack and the Palace Pack bonus mission, all tucked away inside a collector's box.

  Finally, there's the super-duper Dedsec Edition. This includes three bonus mission packs, the soundtrack, an interactive map, collectible cards, three badges, a steelbook case and artbook plus a 23cm Aiden Pearce figurine.

  And the good news? You don't even need elite hacking skills to get this stuff. A good old fashioned debit card will do just fine.

  Published: 30/04/2013

• Watch Dogs using real hacking experts

  The development team behind Ubisoft's upcoming cyberpunk openworld thriller Watch Dogs have collaborated with real computer security and hacking experts from Kaspersky Labs to ensure that the game's core mechanisms ring true.

  "We send them some of our designs and we ask them feedback on it, and it's interesting to see what gets back," senior producer Dominic Guay told Joystiq. "Sometimes they say, 'Yeah, that's possible, but change that word,' or, 'That's not the way it works.'"

  You'll play as elite hacker Aiden Pearce, on the run in the Chicago of the near future. Your survival will depend on hacking the city's central operating system to seize control of traffic signals, doors and other functions. You'll also be able to dip into local Wifi networks to extract information on people nearby, or view the world through security cameras and webcams.

  Just don't expect the game to be full of the sort of simple hacking puzzles that we're all familiar with. "It's not about the minigame that will let me open the door," explains Guay. "It's the fact that I'm making a plan. I'm making a plan of how I'm going to chain hacking, shooting, travelling the city and driving to achieve an objective."

  Watch Dogs will be out on November 22nd for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U and PC. It's also been confirmed for PlayStation 4.

  Published: 13/05/2013

• Here's how Watch Dogs curious multiplayer will work

  Ubisoft's upcoming openworld hacking adventure, Watch Dogs, will feature a unique form of multiplayer but up until we didn't know what it would entail. The game's creative director, Jonathan Morin, has given us the clearest glimpse yet at what his team has in store.

  “There are millions of people alone in their own sessions,” he explained in an interview with the official PlayStation Blog. “We’ve simply added the ability to merge those sessions together at the pacing of our choice.”

  “You can be free-roaming and naturally getting into some kind of activity that makes you intertwine with another player. You interact with them, then you’re done and it goes away. It’s not like you have someone in your game the whole time who can mess with your game.”

  We still don't know how these interactions will play out but, rather excitingly, Morin says that you may not even know when you've encountered another player in the world. “When we watch people play together in Watch Dogs, most of the time they don’t even realise that it was another player. There are no signs...they become part of the story. But in Watch Dogs, players won’t notice that immediately. It’s a new form of emotion and it fits perfectly in the Watch Dogs universe where everybody watches everyone else.”

  Watch Dogs is due on November 22nd for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U and PC. There will also be a next generation version for PlayStation 4 and the new Xbox.
  

  Published: 17/05/2013

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